by Paul Krzyzanowski | Jul 8, 2010
The concept of personalized medicine is an intuitive one: knowing what treatment to provide a patient based on their own individual case of a disease. Molecular techniques and various flavours of “-omics” provide high precision in determining the status and types of...
by Francina Jackson | Jun 17, 2010
How do adult stem cells work? In healthy tissue the adult stem cell population lies dormant. Dormant stem cells are activated by external trauma signals, which trigger patterns of gene expression and protein biosynthesis, thus activating the stem cells to multiply and...
by Katie Moisse | Jun 8, 2010
For centuries, “snake oil salesmen” have used cleverly crafted acts to peddle fake medicines. The modern-day version of the medical conman has zeroed on stem cells, selling treatments with unproven effects and unknown risks. Using online marketing campaigns, stem...
by Michelle Ly | May 31, 2010
Part one in a series looking at the processes involved in the most clinically applied form of stem cell therapy: hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Leukocytes, or white blood cells (WBCs), are an essential part of the immune system. Produced in the bone marrow,...
by Stem Cell Network | May 18, 2010
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease and motor neuron disease (MND), is a progressive neuromuscular disease that attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. As these neurons slowly waste away, they become unable to transmit signals...
by Chris Kamel | Apr 29, 2010
In Britain, a young boy is currently recovering from a remarkable surgery to replace his windpipe. Tissue transplantation itself is hardly a routine thing, but there are a couple of things that make this case, reported in the British Medical Journal, particularly...
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